You know what’s amazing? Hyundai, Subaru, Nissan and Mazda rated at the top of the ALG Residual Value Awards, yet none of their cars finished near the top in overall lease value ratings for the 2011 year. How can that be? Well, as usual, I will give you my own two cents: As I explained after writing this article, Residual Values are only a forecast and don’t actually determine what a particular car’s real market value on the street is going to be after 3, 4 or 10 years. These ALG Residual values are based on 2012 car models, so this is pure speculation. However, there is something to be said for speculation in this industry. ALG has a lot of weight when it comes to valuating cars, both psychologically and financially. Having a high ALG residual value is definitely a blessing for the car maker and for the consumer wishing to lease there cars. One can only wonder if these automobiles winning these ALG awards will now start rising in the monthly car lease deals we publish for 2012. When push comes to shove for 2011, however, the banks still bet heavily on the tried and true best valued cars like Honda.

Honda Still Tops January Car Lease Deals

In 2011, Honda on average had the best car lease deals. Even Infiniti and Cadillac had some great deals. Yet, Hyundai and Subaru were consistently and conspicuously ranked near the middle of the pack. Toyota leasing took a hit, probably due to the big 2010/2011 recall scandal. While the scandal was proven to be over exaggerated and unfair, none-the-less, it obviously had an impact, because Toyota had some of the best ranking car leases from 2009 through much of 2010. Today, Honda is still ranking # 1 for January Car Lease Deals. The Accord LX continually gets picked on by car magazines like Motor Trend for being too boring and predictable, yet is there a better car you can lease for $250 a month with nothing down and just 35 payments? Not this month. Then, there is the Cross Tour; a highly versatile, fully loaded V6 EX version that leases for just $340.00 a month with nothing down and for only 35 payments. If you like Cadillac, but don’t need the power of the CTS-V, the regular CTS continues to lease really well: Just $399.00 a month and nothing down! The CTS has been a top car choice for several years now. If you want a comfortable, well performing car at an affordable price, you will not be let down by a Cadillac Lease.

Where are the SUV Lease Deals?

I decided there are simply to many car leases to talk about to place them all in one listing. We are due for another SUV Lease Special soon, which I will post later this month. SUV leasing has improved, so look for some enticing deals to be published very soon.

What happened to the Infiniti Lease Deals?

Infiniti Leasing has been incredible and ranking near the top recently. Unfortunately, their January lease deals were not published at the time of this writing. Looks like we are due for another Infiinit Lease feature soon!. For now, here is the top-30 January Car lease deals.